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Iskra
Founded	1946; 79 years ago
Website	www.iskra.eu

Iskra is a Slovenian company for electromechanics, telecommunications, electronics and automation.

History

Iskra developed from the SPRAD and a sole Kranj-based factory, a former subsidiary of the Luftfahrtgerätewerk Berlin. ^[1]

In 1946, Mirjan Gruden renamed Strojne tovarne Kranj to Iskra (in Slovenian: Spark).^[2]

One year after it was established, Iskra developed its first switch, followed by its first FM antenna, capacitor, and then one of the key milestones in Iskra's success – the establishment of its design department. In 1962, this was the first industrial design department in Yugoslavia.^[3]^[4]

The bureau for railway automation, BAŽ, was founded.

In the 1970s, Iskra developed into the largest Yugoslav company for electromechanics, telecommunications, electronics and automation,^[5] with industrial design in telephony, measuring instruments, and machinery. At the start of the 1990s, Iskra's logo was on all electrical devices, and the product portfolio was expanded with measuring instruments, short-wave navy radio receivers, drilling machines, movie projectors, etc.^{[citation needed]}

In 1989, Iskra SOZD consisted of the following organizations:^[6]

Iskra Banka
Iskra Commerce
Iskra Servis
Iskra Telematika
Iskra Delta
Iskra Kibernetika
Iskra električna orodja
Iskra Elektrozveze
Iskra Merilna elektronika
Iskra Elektrooptika
Iskra Avtomatika
Iskra Orodja
Iskra Elementi
Iskra Mikroelektronika
Iskra Antene
Iskra Elekroakustika
Iskra Elektromotorji
Iskra Videomatika
Iskra Rotomatika
Iskra Avtoelektrika
Iskra Kondenzatorji
Iskra Baterije Zmaj
Iskra Institut za kakovost
Iskra "ZORIN"
Iskra Invest servis
Iskra High School

Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, Iskra privatized in Slovenia. The company's operations in Slovenia were divided into many separate companies, including Iskratel, Iskra Avtoelektrika, Iskraemeco, Fotona, Iskra Amesi, Iskra, elektro in elektronska industrija, d.d. (Iskra d.d. for short)^[7]

Today

Iskra d.o.o has been the largest knowledge hub in the region for 75 years.^[8] Iskra d.o.o is operating in the areas of

Energy sector
Electrotechnical components
Efficient Installations
Traffic
Telecommunications
Security, supply and facility management

References

^ Predan, Barbara; Požar, Cvetka (2009). Iskra non-aligned design 1946-1990. Ljubljana: Arhitekturni muzej Ljubljana. ISBN 978-961-6669-10-8. Archived from the original on 2019-04-05. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
^ Perko, Borut (28 July 2012). "Iskra zapustila Gorenjsko". Slovenske novice. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
^ "Iskra's Strategic Milestones". Iskra.eu. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
^ Perko, Borut (28 July 2012). "Iskra zapustila Gorenjsko". Slovenske novice. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
^ "Pregledna razstava Iskra: Neuvrščeno oblikovanje 1946-1990" (PDF) (in Slovenian). Retrieved 6 September 2010.
^ Iskra: Vodič po Iskri, Ljubljana, Slovenia: Iskra Commerce, dejavnost marketinških raziskav in komuniciranja, 1989
^ Iskra d.d. Web site Archived 2017-05-04 at the Wayback Machine (Source for Iskra d.d. only)
^ "Iskra's Strategic Milestones".